{"product_id":"this-long-disease-my-life-alexander-pope-and-the-sciences-9780691622460","title":"This Long Disease My Life  Alexander Pope and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen in his \"Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot\" Pope referred to \"this long disease, my life,\" his statement was quite literally true, since Pope, in addition to being a dwarf and a hunchback, suffered from many diseases during his lifetime. With technical advice from several physicians, the authors present the first medical case history of the poet. Drawin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*A Medical Case History of Alexander Pope, pg. 7*Pope and Medicine, pg. 85*I. Circulation and Transfusion, pg. 87*II. Animalitarianism, pg. 93*III. The Mary Toft Case, pg. 109*IV. Pope and \"Vomition\", pg. 115*V. The \"Mummius\" Episode, pg. 123*Alexander Pope and Astronomy, pg. 131*I. The Old and the New, pg. 239*II. The Small in Nature, pg. 243*III. Grottoes and Geology, pg. 251*IV. Color and Light, pg. 266*Dr. Thomas Thompson, pg. 297*Index, pg. 307","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359119507799,"sku":"9780691622460","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691622460.jpg?v=1754123668","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-long-disease-my-life-alexander-pope-and-the-sciences-9780691622460","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}